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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Sense of commitment"”.
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The Role of Hardiness in Moderating Parenting Stress in Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans
… child outcomes. Research has focused on a number of risk and protective factors that may influence parental practices and child behavior. Parental trauma has been identified as a risk factor for increased parental stress. Previous research has demonstrated a link between combat exposure and …
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Personal Factors in the Success of Early Adopters of a Major Technology: Faculty Experiences With Interactive Video Teaching
… study investigated the personal aspects of the individual related to the change process of faculty who teach with a new major technology, interactive video distance learning. The study utilized in-depth interviews, observations of videotaped instructional sessions, and analysis of …
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The management of school safety and security in selected primary schools in Chisamba district.
… school environment is bound to create a climate of insecurity and fear and impacts on the core educational purpose of schools. Accordingly the need to have deliberate strategies for the management of school safety and security is to create a sense of commitment and greater awareness in the school …
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Exploring the relationship between entrepreneurial leaders and followers
… qualitative study explored the prioritization of entrepreneurial leadership as perceived by both leaders and their followers. By interviewing 12 individuals across three separate small business firms, a within case and cross case study analysis provided an opportunity for the opinions and …
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Education Reform in England and the Transformation of School Teachers’ Working Lives: A Labour Process Perspective
The academy school programme, OFSTED’s use of school performance data, and performance management and performance related pay reforms are dramatically transforming the work and employment landscape in teaching. Yet there is limited knowledge of teachers’ experiences of work in relation to this …
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The Multiple Roles of Women Pursuing Doctoral Studies
Increases in the employment of women in administrative and managerial careers have drawn attention to a need for research that examines the interdependency of work and family roles, a need that is particularly crucial in the area of academic administration. This was a qualitative study of the …
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Democratic Voices Speaking Loudly: Does Public Participation Yield Accountability In Special Purpose Governments?
The American system of governance includes a network of state and local units identified as either general purpose or special purpose governments. The latter are often aligned with, but operate independently of, general purpose governments. Even as these special purpose or special district …
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No strings attached: adult attachment styles in friends with benefits relationship
… a key component in shaping the quality and type of relationship a person becomes involved in (Cassidy, & Shaver, 1999). Past research has found relational and sexual differences among secure, avoidant, and anxiously attached individuals. In the current study, attachment styles were examined in …
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Redesigning Public School Systems : A Qualitative Study Into The Potential For Utilizing Idealized Design To Create The "Next Generation" Of American Public Schools
… strategies and strategic planning, the intent of this study was to inform those interested in designing school systems capable of meeting current and future learning demands of the possibilities of Idealized Design as a design methodology. Specifically, the problem was to analyze the impact on …
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The Impact of Mentoring Relationships on the Faith Development of Adult Youth Ministers
How does a community carry on the development of faith when traditional tools have become obsolete or are no longer available? The American Catholic community experienced a breakdown of the traditional tools by which the elements of belief were passed from generation to generation. Can mentoring …
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Self-determined music participation: the role of psychological needs satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and self-regulation in the high school band experience
Many decades of research on achievement in schools has shown that motivation is a key ingredient for student success. As most band directors might testify, this is true in the study of music. However, there are many ways in which band directors conceive of and try to affect the motivation of their …
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Lawyers in New South Wales, 1856-1914 : the evolution of a colonial profession
Between 1856 and 1914 the character of the legal profession in New South Wales changed markedly. It evolved from being a small group of primarily British practitioners with no real foundations in the colony into an independent and cohesive colonial profession strongly conscious of the need to …
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Lawyers in New South Wales, 1856-1914 : the evolution of a colonial profession
Between 1856 and 1914 the character of the legal profession in New South Wales changed markedly. It evolved from being a small group of primarily British practitioners with no real foundations in the colony into an independent and cohesive colonial profession strongly conscious of the need to …
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An Investigation of the Relationships Between and Among Power, Trust and Job Satisfaction of Nurse Managers in Acute Care Hospitals Using Rogers Science of Unitary Human Beings
… as control and freedom, power is often characterized as hierarchical. Power-as-freedom exists as a unitary manifestation of the whole and is acausal. Thus a worldview that emphasizes mutual process rather than a causal (control) view supports a culture of trust in the healthcare …
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Comprometimento no trabalho: um estudo da percepção dos gestores do planejamento estratégico do Incaper
… que os indivíduos são afetados pessoal e profissionalmente, nem sempre de forma positiva, b) que o grupo de trabalho apresentará maior estabilidade e coesão, c) que a organização se beneficiará com um melhor desempenho do indivíduo, alcançando melhores resultados organizacionais e, d) que o …
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THE INTERPRETATION OF EMOTIONS IN SMALL RUMINANTS
… positive affective states and emotions. The aim of this thesis was to improve human knowledge of how small ruminants (goats, Capra hircus, and sheep, Ovis aries) express emotions, with a particular focus on the acoustic features of vocalisations that can be used as animal-based indicators of the …